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a technology of flashing lamps and drive circuits, which is applied in the field of flashing lamp drives, can solve the problems of increasing the size of the capacitor used substantially linearly, not being able to maintain constant power output, and unable to achieve the effect of low loss
Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-04
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECH
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However, none of the prior art circuits have the capability of producing quickly changing programmable pulse shapes for the flashlamp output, none of these circuits provide protection for circuit components during switch turn-on transitions, something which is generally required for high powered lamp applications, and none of the current circuits are capable of maintaining constant power output from the lamp, and thus constant lamp intensity, when there are fluctuations in lamp impedance, such fluctuations occurring, and sometimes being substantial, as a result of changes in lamp temperature, and as a result of other factors.
Further, with the possible exception of the “335” patent, in none of these circuits is it feasible to produce flashlamp pulses of longer than several milliseconds, the latter problem resulting from the fact that the size of the capacitor utilized increases substantially linearly with pulse width and becomes prohibitively large for most applications beyond a few milliseconds.
The size of the required capacitor for a given output is also increased by the relatively low efficiency in capacitor utilization in most of these prior art circuits, such circuits generally utilizing only 20-50% of the energy stored in the capacitor.
Another problem with flashlamps is that, in order to avoid premature failure of the lamp, it is desirable that discharge first be established in a low current density simmer mode prior to transfer to an arc mode.
This duplication of components increases the size, weight and cost of flashlamp drive circuits; however, circuitry for permitting sharing of components for at least some of these functions does not currently exist.
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[0018] Referring first to FIG. 1, a pulsed flashlamp drive circuit 10 is shown for an illustrative embodiment of the invention. The circuit includes a capacitor C which is connected to be charged from a suitable power source 12. Power source 12 may be a 120 V, 240 V or other suitable line current, which may be suitably rectified or otherwise processed, may be a battery, or may be some other suitable power source. For illustrative embodiments, charge current from source 12 is only a few amps, for example one to two amps. A standard control circuit (not shown), including a switch, is provided to charge capacitor C to a selected preset voltage E and to prevent overvoltage. Capacitor C discharges through a high speed power switch transistor 14 which is connected to be driven from a control circuit 16, an exemplary such circuit being shown in FIG. 2. The output from switch 14 is applied through an inductor L to one side of pulsed flashlamp 18. The other side of flashlamp 18 is connected ...
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The invention provides a power supply or drive circuit for a pulsed flashlamp which utilizes a two-core component having common windings as both an inductor for arc mode drive and for breakdown triggering of the lamp. Discharge of a capacitor through the inductor and lamp is controlled by a high-speed semiconductor switch which is turned on and off by a suitable control, current flowing from the inductor through a one-way path including the lamp when the switch is off. The control maintains the ratio of the power variation through the lamp to the average power through the lamp substantially constant. The controls may also be utilized to control output pulse shape. Novel protective features are also provided for circuit components during turn on periods for the switch.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 600,167, filed Jun. 20, 2003, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 267,610, filed Oct. 9, 2002, entitled “Flashlamp Drive Circuit” by Mikhail Inochkin, Vycheslav V. Togatov, and Peter O. Gnatyuk, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 797,501, filed Mar. 1, 2001, entitled “Flashlamp Drive Circuit” by Mikhail Inochkin, Vycheslav V. Togatov, and Peter O. Gnatyuk, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to pulsed flashlamps and more particularly to improved drive circuits for such flashlamps. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Pulsed flashlamps, and in particular Xe filled flashlamps, are used in a variety of applications, including to pump various gas or other laser devices, in various photo, copying, optical detection and optica...
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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B18/18H05B41/30H05B41/34
CPCA61B2018/1807H05B41/34H05B41/30
Inventor INOCHKIN, MIKHAILTOGATOV, VYCHESLAV V.GNATYUK, PETER O.